Country 100

2026 Edition

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Rank Name Continent Research Sustainability Openness International Integration Global Standing Demographics and Investment Academic Integrity Overall Score
54 Indonesia Asia 56.0 69.0 59.1 4.5 57.6 50.5 90.6 56.3
31 India Asia 77.4 79.1 67.5 8.4 75.5 59.8 81.1 69.2
42 Brazil Americas 54.3 69.7 73.7 13.9 75.7 66.9 81.2 62.3
80 Peru Americas 35.2 39.2 43.4 14.5 34.2 58.5 94.7 42.7
89 Iraq Asia 41.9 59.0 45.6 14.6 34.9 5.2 61.7 38.2
87 Sri Lanka Asia 34.0 47.7 39.1 14.9 25.0 41.7 100.0 39.5
70 Philippines Asia 38.9 57.8 43.0 15.5 41.2 54.4 95.8 46.5
79 Nigeria Africa 49.2 62.6 51.6 16.2 33.8 2.5 87.1 43.8
19 China Asia 91.5 83.4 75.4 17.6 97.1 46.5 83.8 79.3
85 Kenya Africa 37.6 52.6 49.8 18.3 18.7 35.1 100.0 40.5
72 Morocco Africa 48.0 64.0 45.9 19.3 33.8 43.5 69.0 45.4
86 Ukraine Europe 33.4 38.0 54.7 20.3 33.7 75.1 45.8 40.3
71 Ethiopia Africa 55.1 69.0 50.6 22.9 22.5 41.6 60.0 45.6
77 Ecuador Americas 33.7 45.6 40.6 24.3 32.7 67.9 98.9 44.2
83 Algeria Africa 35.4 42.6 47.4 24.4 16.3 68.8 83.9 40.6
52 Mexico Americas 49.1 57.0 57.8 25.5 64.4 61.3 98.0 57.8
97 Azerbaijan Asia 22.4 10.9 37.1 26.4 25.4 59.3 94.9 34.9
98 Cameroon Africa 33.9 47.4 42.0 26.7 9.5 37.3 76.2 34.8
83 Bulgaria Europe 28.0 44.2 43.9 27.3 27.4 65.0 90.9 40.6
60 Colombia Americas 43.8 55.4 57.8 27.4 51.8 48.9 99.5 52.4
58 Romania Europe 49.5 63.3 58.4 27.6 43.5 61.5 97.0 54.4
91 Bosnia and Herzegovina Europe 27.8 36.5 46.7 27.9 11.7 62.8 100.0 37.8
90 Nepal Asia 31.6 53.4 41.4 27.9 17.2 36.7 97.4 38.0
88 Tanzania Africa 38.5 53.5 36.0 28.0 14.5 35.4 99.5 39.4
56 Russia Europe 46.6 57.5 61.9 28.4 70.9 61.3 63.0 55.4
34 Iran Asia 73.4 86.7 56.4 28.9 65.3 60.0 90.1 67.8
32 Türkiye Asia 71.9 64.1 64.0 29.8 66.5 71.6 96.6 68.6
59 Croatia Europe 50.7 52.6 62.8 31.1 30.2 72.9 100.0 53.5
66 Argentina Americas 40.9 45.6 45.4 34.5 43.4 48.1 92.9 47.6
74 Palestine Asia 45.8 48.8 30.0 35.4 24.3 47.3 100.0 44.9
95 Costa Rica Americas 24.7 34.1 27.7 35.5 19.7 48.1 100.0 35.4
27 Japan Asia 66.9 78.9 81.1 35.8 89.1 57.2 83.4 71.8
64 Serbia Europe 48.8 50.7 52.4 36.1 30.0 66.6 89.9 50.4
35 Poland Europe 68.4 69.8 73.5 36.3 63.5 69.3 89.9 67.7
46 Thailand Asia 59.0 67.2 57.6 37.2 59.6 54.5 93.9 60.8
94 Zimbabwe Africa 34.1 35.0 25.1 37.3 13.7 41.4 100.0 36.7
35 Taiwan Asia 74.3 77.9 71.6 37.3 76.5 7.8 99.6 67.7
74 Kazakhstan Asia 32.2 30.5 48.3 37.5 50.2 56.2 80.0 44.9
50 Viet Nam Asia 58.7 57.5 62.9 38.4 50.1 51.2 99.4 59.0
63 Ghana Africa 55.3 57.3 45.2 38.7 32.3 45.1 94.9 51.4
100 Senegal Africa 22.9 48.3 28.0 39.0 5.4 51.8 100.0 33.6
55 Lithuania Europe 55.6 42.0 43.8 40.2 45.0 70.0 100.0 56.0
68 Brunei Darussalam Asia 41.0 39.7 23.3 40.2 46.3 60.9 92.5 47.3
51 Bangladesh Asia 65.6 68.0 49.3 40.5 45.7 37.9 93.2 58.1
92 Botswana Africa 35.5 32.1 31.8 41.5 16.4 36.8 95.2 37.6
99 North Macedonia Europe 24.9 29.7 27.1 44.5 11.0 53.7 100.0 34.6
69 Tunisia Africa 41.8 55.7 40.6 44.9 32.2 47.6 93.6 46.7
29 Israel Asia 67.3 64.5 72.4 45.7 72.6 68.3 100.0 70.3
13 South Korea Asia 84.0 83.7 80.5 46.3 88.5 71.2 99.6 81.8
41 Egypt Africa 69.7 75.7 55.1 46.5 56.4 50.7 76.8 63.0
65 Kuwait Asia 48.7 40.9 62.2 47.2 39.7 26.1 94.4 49.9
44 Hungary Europe 55.6 48.1 73.2 47.6 56.9 68.2 95.0 61.6
60 Slovakia Europe 45.2 41.4 67.9 47.7 31.8 67.3 100.0 52.4
76 Uganda Africa 43.3 56.7 41.0 47.8 31.4 15.0 95.6 44.4
73 Latvia Europe 33.0 33.0 45.1 48.6 32.5 68.4 94.2 45.0
28 South Africa Africa 77.7 78.2 62.5 48.8 72.8 39.9 99.9 71.4
30 Greece Europe 68.3 76.4 71.3 50.6 59.8 74.5 97.5 69.6
96 Malawi Africa 33.0 49.8 29.4 50.6 4.1 24.8 100.0 35.3
67 Malta Europe 42.5 21.2 37.7 51.0 32.7 75.2 91.4 47.4
82 Uruguay Americas 27.7 33.9 31.7 52.5 20.2 75.7 98.1 40.9
93 Rwanda Africa 33.8 33.4 29.0 52.6 9.2 38.9 100.0 37.0
49 Slovenia Europe 53.6 45.3 72.2 53.1 45.9 76.8 100.0 60.2
81 Puerto Rico Americas 31.9 42.0 29.4 53.5 11.8 83.4 100.0 42.0
37 Pakistan Asia 76.9 76.4 54.7 53.6 60.6 47.3 80.9 67.0
53 Iceland Europe 47.4 48.5 57.8 56.0 45.8 77.9 100.0 57.2
78 Bahrain Asia 36.8 24.6 26.0 56.1 38.2 56.9 91.0 44.1
56 Oman Asia 54.4 43.2 36.9 56.2 50.4 62.3 88.0 55.4
48 Estonia Europe 53.1 49.3 57.6 57.0 54.6 73.3 98.0 60.4
62 Luxembourg Europe 47.1 29.3 58.7 58.4 54.3 55.3 60.0 51.5
45 Chile Americas 53.6 57.7 54.2 58.7 64.8 56.4 96.3 61.2
10 Italy Europe 88.3 91.9 81.2 59.0 85.3 67.5 90.6 83.1
3 United States Americas 89.0 88.4 81.2 60.4 99.7 79.8 99.6 88.2
47 Jordan Asia 64.3 57.7 44.9 61.0 57.1 49.0 83.7 60.6
16 Denmark Europe 77.3 66.0 76.4 61.8 87.3 90.3 100.0 80.8
12 Spain Europe 84.0 80.3 81.9 62.2 81.3 76.3 99.4 82.0
23 Malaysia Asia 72.0 71.4 69.3 63.0 80.9 59.9 97.4 74.1
40 Czechia Europe 57.1 53.6 79.7 67.1 60.5 52.9 99.3 64.4
17 Norway Europe 77.6 81.3 83.1 67.8 78.3 83.9 100.0 80.6
26 Portugal Europe 69.5 68.1 71.7 68.7 70.4 72.9 97.3 72.9
15 France Europe 81.1 68.4 80.3 73.5 88.2 66.6 100.0 81.4
7 Germany Europe 88.9 72.3 82.6 74.1 93.8 78.6 95.1 86.5
43 Lebanon Asia 61.5 52.5 40.3 74.1 55.0 61.0 100.0 62.2
22 Ireland Europe 77.5 63.0 76.9 74.2 82.7 48.7 100.0 76.6
38 Cyprus Asia 66.9 50.9 59.4 74.9 55.6 69.5 97.8 66.8
18 Finland Europe 76.2 66.3 80.1 75.5 83.3 82.8 100.0 80.3
23 New Zealand Oceania 70.5 63.9 64.1 75.5 75.2 74.3 100.0 74.1
33 Qatar Asia 60.1 67.0 72.6 78.5 71.8 42.5 100.0 67.9
21 Austria Europe 69.0 61.5 80.8 80.8 79.9 86.9 100.0 77.7
4 Sweden Europe 88.3 85.3 84.9 81.2 89.0 84.2 100.0 88.1
20 Saudi Arabia Asia 84.1 75.4 65.2 82.5 80.0 76.7 75.7 79.1
11 Belgium Europe 79.6 70.6 78.2 83.6 86.2 81.2 100.0 82.7
5 Canada Americas 89.4 80.6 77.3 84.0 94.8 75.2 100.0 87.8
39 Macao Asia 64.7 43.9 36.4 85.8 64.3 80.8 88.9 66.1
8 Switzerland Europe 82.5 69.2 83.0 85.9 96.5 78.3 100.0 86.0
2 Netherlands Europe 91.7 80.5 84.1 86.1 90.8 83.6 100.0 89.6
25 United Arab Emirates Asia 76.3 58.2 63.1 87.3 71.4 57.5 96.3 73.7
6 Australia Oceania 94.9 84.1 64.7 89.5 94.7 55.7 100.0 87.2
13 Singapore Asia 84.1 61.9 57.9 91.0 95.2 59.7 100.0 81.8
1 United Kingdom Europe 95.2 81.2 83.6 93.5 99.4 81.6 100.0 92.9
9 Hong Kong Asia 89.1 69.7 72.7 96.3 93.4 57.1 100.0 85.4